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Rollerball
Set in 2018 when corporations have replaced countries, an ultra-violent sport known as Rollerball represents the world, and one of its powerful athletes is out to defy those who want him out of the game.
28 January 1937, Dukinfield, Cheshire, England, UK
19 July 1943, Richmond, Surrey, England, UK
18 July 1930, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
19 November 1950, Kenya
28 March 1922, New Zealand
2 October 1929, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
12 October 1938, Chicago, Illinois, USA
1930, Georgetown, Guyana
16 July 1946, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
4 September 1952, Los Angeles County, California, USA
April 4, 1943 in Tokyo, Japan
June 29, 1950 in Hong Kong
27 September 1911, London, England, UK
8 September 1911, Chicago, Illinois, USA
18 June 1949, Long Island, New York, USA
20 July 1940, Blythe, California, USA
27 August 1944, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
20 October 1949, Los Angeles, California, USA
August 05, 2008
Inside the arena, it's a fantastic action movie, but outside, it's starchy and pretentious.June 05, 2007
The performances of Caan and Richardson are excellent, and the rollerball sequences are fast-paced and interesting.May 09, 2005
Everyone else, including Mr. Caan and John Houseman, who plays a leading Houston executive, is more solemn and serious than the movie ever merits.March 31, 2015
With its sluggish pacing, Rollerball gradually loses momentum between its slickly constructed game sequencesJune 24, 2006
This original version could EASILY have been trimmed down quite some with plenty of repetitive moments popping up throughout the film.August 04, 2008
Norman Jewison's sensational futuristic drama about a world of Corporate States stars James Caan in an excellent performance as a famed athlete who fights for his identity and free will.January 24, 2008
Seems to being going around in circles trying to say something but is not sure about what it wants to say, as it keeps stumbling around every bend.April 22, 2017
A science fiction masterpiece and exciting action film.June 05, 2007
Lifeless, uninspired, and crammed with enough hints of intellectual consistency to give the socially conscious critical establishment shivers of excitement.August 04, 2008
James Caan, on roller skates, is trying to save the world. This needs a bit of explaining, which is only the beginning of the trouble with Rollerball.February 09, 2006
Ultimately, Rollerball gets by on its sheer monolithic quality - an abundance of quantity. Despite indifferent direction and dire humour, it is well mounted and photographed.